Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-14
XXTH LEGISLATURE.
Summary OF Important Measures In
troduced in the Senate-Make-Up
OF the House Committees.
Five Thousand Copies of the Governors
Message Ordered Printed by the
House Yesterday.


THE SENATE.
Special to the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX, Jan, 13.-The following
are among the bills introduced in the
senate to-day: By Mr.. Davis, to increase
the penalty for carrying concealed wea-
pons.
BY Mr.. Mcdonald, 20 pronibit and pun
ish dealing in futu es.
By Mr.. Woods, to prevent hunting and
fishing on private property.
BY Mr.. Claiborne, TO establish me-
chanical and agricultural college for col
ored youths.
By Mr.. Garrison, to repeal chapter ~
relative to chattel mortgages, and also to
make null and void NOR cages on per-
sonal property exempt from levy and
forced sale.
By Mr.. Allen, in regard to the reading
of the Bible in public schools; also, to
provide equal rights in all school funds
growing out of land sales.
A bill by Senator Bell to provide for the
institution Of suit by Texas against
Ka. sas, to establish the boundary with
reference to the disputed claim of terri
tory in the Indian Territory and South
west Kansas II is claimed under the
old grant from Spain.
bill was introduced by Senator Up
shaw for the establishment of railway
commission and the regulation OF all
railway freight and passenger traffic.
The bill provides for three commission
ers for term of six years, at salary OF
$500 each, with full powers, and con-
tains multitude of details calculated to
carry the same into effect. This, as we !
as other bills mentioned, were referred to
appropriate committees.
Senator Pope moved to reconsider yes
terday's vote defeating the newspaper
resolution.
The finance committe met and agreed
10 report that the per diem pay OF the
legislators aud other contingent expenses
be the same as that adopted by the Nine
teenth legislature.
THE HOUSE.
Special to the Gazette.
AUSTIN, Ten, Jan. I3.-In the house
to-day 5000 copies of the governors mos
sage were ordered printed, il English
only.
The following pages wer' appointed:
Stark Jackson, James inge, W II. Wood
war0, Jr., Ernest Castor, Eddie Hender
son, j. W. Trutt and Robert Prater.
The following porters were appointed:
Pat Mcclure, David Reeves, Frank Kelly
and Dennis Watkins, the two latter col
Oreu.
Quite number of bills we're introduced
of all sorts, sizes and character. The
following were the most prominent:
BY Mr.. McGaughey, amending the cleo
ton laws.
BY Mr.. MCGEE, purifying the ballot
0ox.
BY Mr., Utiger, allowing mileage to iur-
ors in criminal cases.
By Mr.. Page, amending the school law.
BY Mr.. Tate, establishing reformatory
and school Of correction.
By Mr.. McGaughey, postpouing sales
for taxes.
By Mr.. Shields, releasing from payment
of taxes for $50 the counties Of CO.eman,
COncho, Runnels, McCulloch, San Saba,
Llano, Brown and Comanche.
By Mr.. Alexander, prohibiting state
and county officers from accepting rail
road passes.
BY Mr.. Moore of Travis, bill amend
ing the school law. 1t provides for
county superintendent and has other in |
portant features.
The following committees were ap-
pointed in the house; Judiciary, No. II
Pope, Bell of Cook, GroCe, Stringer, Hud !
gins, Prendergrast, Staples, Trultt, Clark |
OF Red River, Johnson, Payne, Harg IS,
Sh0watter. Smith of Travis, Ores lam, FL !
lisOr.
Judiciary, Moore OF Travis, chair |
mSn, Garwood, Robinson, Davis of Smell |
by, Ciegg, Parker, ShelhurHe, Clarke of
Uvade, Blair, Richardson, KirliCkS, |
Fulter, Sharp, Larkins,
Whatley. H. ath.
Institutional mendments-Prerder-
grast, chairman; Shelburne, Nicholson,
Kringer, Staples, Tolbert, Rugel, Graves,
Moore of Travis, Northington. Garwood,
Branstord, Skinner, Parks, Miner, Lsti-
mer, Wascom, Baird Of Brown and Gar
ner.
Internal improvements-Payn chair
ander, RugeI, Bell of Denton, Pope, Mil
Gresham, Gill, Dolen, Patterson, and
Whatley.
State affairs-Steel, chairman; Smith
Lamar, Curry, Utiger, Smith of Bosque,
DdtLIcs DIdHSlOIuy JdIlObt, 1dltJ MI
Caleb, Davis and Buchanan.
Finance-Gresham, chairman; Bell of
Denton, Mckinney, McGehee, Truitt,
Cone, Woolsey, Davis of Shelby, Gill,
Parker, Battle, Ellison, Smith of Bosque,
Toloert, Curry, Larkin, Blair, Wascom.
Educational affairs-Page, chairman:
Nelson, Baird of Brown, La
than, Humphreys of Wise, Whatley, Jar
rott, Saddler, Goeth, Booth, Rugel, Heath,
Moore of Travis, PIumly, voorhees,, Ma
tejsky, Moore of Washington, Bassett.
Public health and vital statistics
Sharp, chairman; Camp, Kennedy, Nc
Gaughey, Nelson, Larklns, Tompkins,
Newton OF Tarrant, Chapman, PIumley,
Light, Wright.
Commerce and MISUNDERSTANDING
Whatley, Truftt, Saddler, Strong,
Harrison, Kirlicks, Woods, Humphreys of
Lavacca, Mateiowsky and Mcclure.
County government and county finance
chairman, Jones, Parks, Skin
1er, Bell of Cooke, McGaugheY, Graves,
Ellison, Cone and Faubian,
Privileges and electiOns-Bell of Cooke
;hairInar, Truitt, Groce, Staples, Steel,